That all depends on your future aspirations, I think. If your goal is to make a living working at a newspaper, and not much beyond that, I think the move would be fine. If your goal is to move up to a major beat/paper in the future, I wouldn't recommend it.

But that's a pretty general analysis of a rather vague description of the situation.

That's tough to say, without more info. Is the daily about to go under or lay off people? Do you fear you're about to be fired? Is the boss (or bosses) abusive? You need to expand a little more on "what going to hell" means in this case.

On the surface, going from a 20K daily to a weekly isn't a good career move, but there is something to be said for preserving what's left of your sanity.

Going from a daily (20,000) which is going to hell to a stable weekly in a podunk town?

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I've actually had a guy who came in for a tryout who did what you're asking about. His most recent shop before mine was a 200,000-circ daily. Mine's a 40,000-circ weekly. It's not exactly in Podunk County, but it's also not the biggest game in town by any stretch.

As someone who was sifting through applications, I was wondering why someone would go from a daily to a weekly, especially since my shop is usually a reporter's first gig out of school. It also turned out the guy was both older (with grown children, I might add) and had more experience in the business than I do.

If you could PM me your reasons for pondering the move, I could be more specific about my thoughts.